Submission

Inanear-futureFrance,François,amiddle-agedacademic,iswatchinghislifeslowlydwindletonothing.Hissexdriveisdiminished,hisparentsaredead,andhislifelongobsession–theideasandworksofthenineteenth-centurynovelistandpessimistJoris-KarlHuysmans–hasledhimnowhere.Inalate-capitalistsocietywhereconsumerismhasbecomethenewreligion,Françoisisspirituallybarren,butseekingtofillthevacuumofhisexistencewithsomething.Andheisnotalone.Asthe2022Presidentialelectionapproaches,twocandidatesemergeasfavourites:MarineLePenoftheFrontNational,andMuhammedBenAbbesofthenascentMuslimFraternity.Formingacontroversialalliancewiththemainstreamparties,BenAbbessweepstopower,andovernightthecountryistransformed.Islamiclawcomesintoforce:womenareveiled,polygamyisencouragedand,forFrançois,lifeissetonanewcourse.Submissionisbothadevastatingsatireandaprofoundandpainfullysharpmeditationonisolation,faithandlove.Itisastartlingnewworkbyoneofthemostprovocativeandprescientnovelistsoftoday.